Linkages between the US and European Stock Markets: A Fractional Cointegration Approach

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Guglielmo Maria Caporale

Brunel University London - Department of Economics and Finance; London South Bank University; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute); German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)

Luis A. Gil-Alana

University of Navarra - Department of Economics

C. Orlando

University of Navarra - School of Economics

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Date Written: September 2015

Abstract

This paper analyses the long-memory properties of US and European stock indices, as well as their linkages, using fractional integration and fractional cointegration techniques. These methods are more general and have higher power than the standard ones usually employed in the literature. The empirical evidence based on them suggests the presence of unit roots in both the S&P 500 Index and the Euro Stoxx 50 Index. Also, fractional cointegration appears to hold at least for the subsample from December 1996 to March 2009 ending when the global financial crisis was still severe; subsequently, the US and European stock markets diverged and followed different recovery paths, possibly as a result of various factors such as diverging growth and monetary policy. Establishing whether the degree of cointegration has changed over time is important since past literature has shown that diversification benefits arise when markets are not cointegrated.

Keywords: Stock markets, linkages, fractional integration, fractional cointegration

JEL Classification: C32, G15

Suggested Citation

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria and Gil-Alana, Luis A. and Orlando, Christopher, Linkages between the US and European Stock Markets: A Fractional Cointegration Approach (September 2015). DIW Berlin Discussion Paper No. 1505, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2664493 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2664493

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Christopher Orlando

University of Navarra - School of Economics ( email )

Universidad de Navarra
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